Letter: Why should we foot the bill for people who are not legally residing here?

Published: Friday, June 20, 2014 at 06:44 PM.

In the June 14 issue of The Gazette on the front page was an article about a Latino group in search of "basic human rights." To me the article left more questions than it answered. It sounded like there is a group of illegal aliens (call them what you wish - illegal should be a part of the description) who want their "rights."

These people have a petition signed by 300 people (also illegal aliens living in Gaston County?) who are demanding they he connected to the Dallas water system, bypassing the legal requirements for US citizens to access the water system. The issue of a fake ID being presented in an attempt to access the system should he cause to doubt the validity of this issue.

Depending on your source, there are between 11 and 20 million illegals in this country. There is no really accurate count as the law breakers don’t volunteer this information and the present administration isn’t much interested in the answers. Immigrants have traditionally he welcomed to this country. Those immigrants have been expected to learn the language and assimilate into the culture. No one ever envisioned people flooding across the borders and demanding they be given the rights of citizens while making no effort on their part to assimilate into the culture and also demanding that the host country become like the country they fled.

Do the "basic human rights" include food, clothing, medical care, housing, transportation, spending money and free newspapers? Someone needs to get immigration to clear up this situation. I feel no responsibility to pay the bills for the illegals, if that is actually the situation.

Greswold Gwynette Cherryville

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In the June 14 issue of The Gazette on the front page was an article about a Latino group in search of "basic human rights." To me the article left more questions than it answered. It sounded like there is a group of illegal aliens (call them what you wish - illegal should be a part of the description) who want their "rights."

These people have a petition signed by 300 people (also illegal aliens living in Gaston County?) who are demanding they he connected to the Dallas water system, bypassing the legal requirements for US citizens to access the water system. The issue of a fake ID being presented in an attempt to access the system should he cause to doubt the validity of this issue.

Depending on your source, there are between 11 and 20 million illegals in this country. There is no really accurate count as the law breakers don’t volunteer this information and the present administration isn’t much interested in the answers. Immigrants have traditionally he welcomed to this country. Those immigrants have been expected to learn the language and assimilate into the culture. No one ever envisioned people flooding across the borders and demanding they be given the rights of citizens while making no effort on their part to assimilate into the culture and also demanding that the host country become like the country they fled.

Do the "basic human rights" include food, clothing, medical care, housing, transportation, spending money and free newspapers? Someone needs to get immigration to clear up this situation. I feel no responsibility to pay the bills for the illegals, if that is actually the situation.